NASDAQ Futures are up 7 with +7 Fair Value, S&P Futures are up 2 with +2 Fair Value and Dow Futures are up 9 on this Wednesday as the earnings season picks up on another full day of economic data. Futures were slightly down in early morning but picked up after 2:30am and turned green shortly afterwards and are near the highs, though still relatively flat, as we await the open.

Asian markets ended up. China gained 0.37%, Hong Kong went up 0.46% and Japan led the advance, up 0.84%. European markets are up. The UK is up 0.08%, Germany is up 0.17% and France is leading the advance, up 0.49%.

Commodities are mixed this morning. Oil is down 1.09%, natural gas is up 1.61% and gold is up 0.44%. Unleaded gas is down 1.66% and heating oil is down 1.69%. Metals are up. Meat is mixed. Cocoa, coffee, cotton, corn, wheat and soybeans are all up.

The AAPL pulse continued on yesterday with AAPL gaining another 0.45% on very low volume. AAPL opened up at 97.17 to high volume and quickly set an intra-day low of 97.12 before surging up above 97.5 and peaking at 97.70 less than 15 minutes later at 9:44am on moderate volume. AAPL then dropped back below 97.50 and spent the remainder of the day in an extraordinarily narrow range between 97.25 and 97.5 with 2 small short-lived lower breaches after 3:30pm near the close before recovering. AAPL ended the day up 44 cents at 97.42 and dropped 1 cent in after-hours to 97.41.

This morning in pre-market, AAPL opened up higher, hitting a pre-market peak of 97.89 at 6:27am on low volume before fading to the mid-97 area. AAPL is currently up 16 cents at 97.58 as we approach the open.